Sat Nav or Not in a Z4 Coupe?

[Big Tav]

Having the SatNav screen is good if you also have phone integration.

There are a few things I woukld like to alter about it though.
1. Stop it popping up everytime I change the preset radio station.
2. Change the colour so it more closely follows the dash colour (BMW Amber/Red)

I wouldn't be without the screen though because I know at some point I will be replacing it with a tablet and will be using the mechanism to hold it

Can a tablet be retrofitted???

 

[Tbone]

I just use my phone as a Sat Nav, you dont actually need one built in.

You mean the beautiful lines of the dashboard are being disturbed by a phone with a charge cable attached on some ugly screen or vent sucker ? oke: :evil:

Yes pretty much lol. but then when I drive my Zed I am usually driving for the sheer hell of it, so rarely use a nav.
Tend to go where the road takes me. thats why i bought one, not to do chores and drive for any specific reason other than for the pure pleasure of driving.

 

[markalp]

Having the SatNav screen is good if you also have phone integration.

There are a few things I woukld like to alter about it though.
1. Stop it popping up everytime I change the preset radio station.
2. Change the colour so it more closely follows the dash colour (BMW Amber/Red)

I wouldn't be without the screen though because I know at some point I will be replacing it with a tablet and will be using the mechanism to hold it

Can a tablet be retrofitted???

It has been done before :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBspF_o8qA

 

[biojo]

When i was looking to buy a Z4 it wasnt something i was looking for in the car tbh, more bothered about the seats and colour of interior

But having upgraded firmware and DVD, ok its not modern at all, but it does work, one thing that could fail is the motor that lifts screen up.

The one thing that does work well is the intravee and ipod set up with it. I mainly have screen on the vehicle stats. So thats one thing i would miss now.

 

[Mr Tidy]

Seeing as any E85 or E86 is likely to be 10 or more years old I don't think SatNav is that desirable as it is so out of date (mind you so is my Garmin)!

 

[Bad_Pritt]

I had a Zed without satnav and kind of got fed up with using a portable device all the time. So I installed a 1-series garmin satnav cradle and mountad a large garmin. It looks pretty oem and still modern functionalities, including bluetooth:

In my latest Coupe though, I opted for the built-in satnav, for the same reason, but also for the value of the car, as coupes are a little more rare, especially fully equipped ones. But is is indeed dated and has no 3D view, which I miss sometimes.

 

[Big Tav]

I had a Zed without satnav and kind of got fed up with using a portable device all the time. So I installed a 1-series garmin satnav cradle and mountad a large garmin. It looks pretty oem and still modern functionalities, including bluetooth:

In my latest Coupe though, I opted for the built-in satnav, for the same reason, but also for the value of the car, as coupes are a little more rare, especially fully equipped ones. But is is indeed dated and has no 3D view, which I miss sometimes.

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How did you do that mate?

 

[Bad_Pritt]

Page 34 in my previous car's topic ;-)
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39398&p=1111262#p1111262

 

[MACK]

Well as you can see OP this one well and truly divides opinion. I'm in the without camp personally as I think it spoils the dash.

 

[biojo]

I had a Zed without satnav and kind of got fed up with using a portable device all the time. So I installed a 1-series garmin satnav cradle and mountad a large garmin. It looks pretty oem and still modern functionalities, including bluetooth:

In my latest Coupe though, I opted for the built-in satnav, for the same reason, but also for the value of the car, as coupes are a little more rare, especially fully equipped ones. But is is indeed dated and has no 3D view, which I miss sometimes.

When you say no 3d, do you mean like the perspective view?

 

[bradz]

Nav every time!

Although the Nav is ok 5/10 (Latest maps, 3D mode and TMS Service) it is very clunky and slow. (Google maps is better)

I like having the fuel computer screen up and the track names and the DSP settings.

 

[Bad_Pritt]

When you say no 3d, do you mean like the perspective view?

Yes, that is what I meant.

 

[Zedona]

Hate the SatNav in my 2006 e85 its tediously slow to enter a destination the screen pops up every time I change station or function and abit of a pain to update. :thumbsdown: My old TomTom is much easier to use and free updates for life but with the built in there it sits in a drawer.

 

[biojo]

When you say no 3d, do you mean like the perspective view?

Yes, that is what I meant.

You can use that view on ours, only thing missing like modern ones is the overlays for turns and current speed limit

 

[Anonymous]

Old sat navs do nothing for me. I deliberately avoided Zeds with the flip up screen when i was buying my car, i think it spoils the lines of the interior not to mention the software being clunky. Google maps wins hands down imo.

 

[MrJollygood]

Currently on the hunt for a Coupe. No satnav is top of my list...

 

[chrisgreen]

google maps renders ANY manufacturer's navigation system useless!

put it this way - would you buy a portable unit (e.g. tomtom or Garmin) from 2003-2008?

 

[pvr]

I am always mystified about how people love the portable or Google when I have nothing but problems with them. Last week in NL, my phone with Google got completely lost and kept telling me to turn around on the motorway. Good thing I sort of knew where I was going.

And if I get into areas where there is no phone reception it gets even more fun with Google ...

 

[chrisgreen]

I am always mystified about how people love the portable or Google when I have nothing but problems with them. Last week in NL, my phone with Google got completely lost and kept telling me to turn around on the motorway. Good thing I sort of knew where I was going.

And if I get into areas where there is no phone reception it gets even more fun with Google ...

Yea that is one limitation with google is that if you lose reception then you can’t search for new destinations but I’ve never had a problem. Maybe google with an old fashioned map is the solution